Ministry of Commerce of China
E181449
The Ministry of Commerce of China is a central government agency responsible for formulating and implementing the country’s domestic and foreign trade, international economic cooperation, and investment policies.
All labels observed (6)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1593076 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ministry of Commerce of China Context triple: [Belt and Road Initiative, coordinatedBy, Ministry of Commerce of China]
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A.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China is the central government agency responsible for managing China’s diplomatic relations, foreign policy, and international representation.
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B.
General Office of the State Council
The General Office of the State Council is the central administrative body that supports and coordinates the daily work of China’s State Council, serving as a key executive organ within the country’s central government.
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C.
Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People’s Republic of China
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People’s Republic of China is a central government agency responsible for formulating and implementing national policies for industrial development, telecommunications, and the information technology sector.
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D.
Department of Trade and Industry
The Department of Trade and Industry was a former UK government department responsible for business, trade, energy, and industrial policy before its functions were redistributed to newer departments.
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E.
National Cultural Heritage Administration of China
The National Cultural Heritage Administration of China is the central government agency responsible for protecting, managing, and overseeing the country’s cultural relics and heritage sites.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ministry of Commerce of China Target entity description: The Ministry of Commerce of China is a central government agency responsible for formulating and implementing the country’s domestic and foreign trade, international economic cooperation, and investment policies.
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A.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China is the central government agency responsible for managing China’s diplomatic relations, foreign policy, and international representation.
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B.
General Office of the State Council
The General Office of the State Council is the central administrative body that supports and coordinates the daily work of China’s State Council, serving as a key executive organ within the country’s central government.
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C.
Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People’s Republic of China
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People’s Republic of China is a central government agency responsible for formulating and implementing national policies for industrial development, telecommunications, and the information technology sector.
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D.
Department of Trade and Industry
The Department of Trade and Industry was a former UK government department responsible for business, trade, energy, and industrial policy before its functions were redistributed to newer departments.
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E.
National Cultural Heritage Administration of China
The National Cultural Heritage Administration of China is the central government agency responsible for protecting, managing, and overseeing the country’s cultural relics and heritage sites.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
central government agency
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government ministry ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Beijing
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China ⓘ
surface form:
People's Republic of China
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| jurisdiction |
China
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surface form:
People's Republic of China
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| nativeName |
Ministry of Commerce of China
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
中华人民共和国商务部
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| parentOrganization |
State Council of China
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surface form:
State Council of the People's Republic of China
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| responsibility |
anti-dumping investigations
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coordination of World Trade Organization affairs ⓘ coordination of free trade zone policies ⓘ coordination of international trade disputes ⓘ coordination of trade promotion activities ⓘ countervailing duty investigations ⓘ domestic trade policy ⓘ emergency management of key commodity supplies ⓘ foreign investment policy ⓘ foreign trade policy ⓘ formulation of trade laws and regulations ⓘ guidance of foreign trade enterprises ⓘ guidance of regional opening-up strategies ⓘ implementation of trade laws and regulations ⓘ international economic cooperation policy ⓘ management of commercial franchises ⓘ management of foreign aid ⓘ management of foreign-invested enterprises ⓘ management of labor cooperation with foreign countries ⓘ management of overseas contracted projects ⓘ monitoring of market operations ⓘ negotiation of bilateral trade agreements ⓘ negotiation of multilateral trade agreements ⓘ organization of major trade fairs ⓘ outbound investment policy ⓘ promotion of consumption policies ⓘ promotion of cross-border investment ⓘ promotion of e-commerce development ⓘ promotion of foreign trade ⓘ promotion of service trade ⓘ protection of fair competition in the market ⓘ regulation of market circulation ⓘ safeguard measures in trade ⓘ supervision of foreign economic cooperation ⓘ trade remedy investigations ⓘ |
| sector |
commerce
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investment ⓘ trade ⓘ |
| shortName |
Ministry of Commerce of China
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
MOFCOM
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| website | http://english.mofcom.gov.cn/ ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Ministry of Commerce of China Description of subject: The Ministry of Commerce of China is a central government agency responsible for formulating and implementing the country’s domestic and foreign trade, international economic cooperation, and investment policies.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Belt and Road Initiative
this entity surface form:
Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China
this entity surface form:
Chinese Ministry of Commerce
this entity surface form:
Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China
this entity surface form:
Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China
Ministry of Commerce of China
→
nativeName
→
Ministry of Commerce of China
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
subject surface form:
Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China
this entity surface form:
中华人民共和国商务部
Ministry of Commerce of China
→
shortName
→
Ministry of Commerce of China
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
subject surface form:
Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China
this entity surface form:
MOFCOM